If Wells were to lead off during the regular season, it would be a franchise first. No catcher in Yankees history has ever ...

there have been catchers known to do it. Longtime Pirates backstop Jason Kendall did it the most — 463 times — while Yankees bench coach Brad Ausmus tried a handful of times during his 18-year ...

At the outset of the offseason, the Braves made a surprising move to decline their club option on veteran catcher Travis d’Arnaud despite prior indications being that they’d planned to ...

It’s a hole-in-dumb. Lefty mayoral hopeful and city Comptroller Brad Lander wants to pave over public golf courses to build much-needed homes to ease the Big Apple’s housing crisis — to the ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers have optioned catcher Hunter Feduccia to triple-A Oklahoma City, the team announced. Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic added an update, too: Feduccia may still be on the team ...

One of them is catcher Austin Wells. He finished in third place in the AL Rookie of the Year race last year, recording a .229/.322/.395 slash line with 13 home runs, 18 doubles and 55 RBI.

TAMPA, Fla. — In the early stages of Yankees camp last month, the backup catcher competition could be summed up with one question. Are the Yankees willing to carry two left-handed hitters at ...

Finding a franchise catcher can be tough, but there is no shortage of star power at the position right now, with Adley Rutschman (BAL), Cal Raleigh (SEA), Will Smith (LAD), William Contreras (MIL ...

271 this season with 27 homers and 104 RBI. He also captured the Silver Slugger award at the catcher position. A 13-year veteran, Perez has spent his entire career in Kansas City. He's got 273 ...

Woolworths’ former chief executive Brad Banducci – who resigned days after storming out of a trainwreck TV interview on the ABC’s Four Corners – has landed a new gig. Mr Banducci will take ...